Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"I want all of you to know that in spite of the distance which separates you from the National Capitol, you are often in my thoughts."

"It is with the greatest appreciation that I receive from your hands the medal of the Pan-American Society."

"I consider one of the greatest privileges of this office."

"I look to it with great hope and with full confidence that through its measures of friendly and reliant facilities it will afford an opportunity to harmonize the relations between the citizens of our ..."